SD73 reacts to plans to change B.C.’s ‘one-size-fits-all’ funding model
KAMLOOPS —School District 73 Superintendent of Schools Alison Sidow says the district is well prepared to deal with Victoria’s pledge to replace B.C.’s “one-size-fits-all” funding formula.
Premier John Horgan renewed his government’s promise at this week’s BC Teachers Federation annual general meeting in Vancouver.
“School District 73 over the last four or five years has been very proactive in this area,” says Sidow. “We actually did an internal review of our funding and did determine that additional resources were required in our rural communities in order to ensure equitable outcomes for students. When you have smaller cohorts of students such as we do in rural schools then it becomes very difficult to offer the full range of courses that students require in order to become successful.”